Deer Isle's Undefeated AMERICA'S Cup Crews

摘要

A mong the persistent problems plaguing the cur-rent AMERICA'S Cup are personal risk and nationality. The risk emanates from the 72'catamarans. The boats foil near 50 knots at times, sailing on the edge of control. One of them has flipped in practice, killing a crewman. Now the crews wear helmets, body armor, and so much safety equipment they could sink like ebony logs if their life jackets failed. Nationality has to do with the fact that most of the crewmen do not hail from the country they are representing. Once again, reading a bit of history proves there is little new on AMERICA'S Cup waters.